Actually, from the summary it was quite obvious she was already a legal adult, you said the little boy was replaced by a young woman, if she was the same age, you could have just said little girl, it's called being fairly straightforward and being honest. I don't know why you would have had to explain it, also, she is working. How many children do people see with actual jobs? Don't mean to be rude here just pointing out the obvious, even if it did take reading between the lines a little! I need no apology, I already made the inference that she was older than 12, you needed no apology! You were doing just fine!

That was great! I like this turn of events!
That was an amazing idea, having Veruca push Charlene into the Chocolate River! I mean, it obviously was not a pleasant experience for Charlene, but it developed the story pretty well!
Kudos!